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AAC
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An assessment provided to determine and recommend methods, devices, aids, techniques, symbols, and/or strategies to represent and/or augment spoken and/o...
ACA
Affordable Care Act: The comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010 (sometimes known as ACA, PPACA, or 'Obamacare').
AMA
American Medical Association: The American Medical Association (AMA) is a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students.
AOTA
American Occupational Therapy Association: The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the national professional association established in 1917 to represent the interests and concerns ...
APTA
American Physical Therapy Association: The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a U.S-based individual membership professional organization representing more than 100,000 member physical...
Auth
Authorization: An authorization is an approval of medical services by an insurance company, usually prior to services being rendered.
CAQH
Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare: CAQH is an online database that stores your provider information. As a provider, you grant access for insurance companies (BC/TCS/AG/UHC) to see that you ...
CCC
Certificate of Clinical Competence: The Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) is granted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in both speech-language pathology and audiolog...
CCN
Complex Communication Needs: The term complex communication needs refers to people who cannot cope with everyday communication situations by means of speech alone. It is difficult for them to produ...
CDC
Comprehensive Development Classroom: Students served in these classes still have access to school resources and activities that are appropriate and beneficial for them. Placement in a Comprehensive...
CEU
Continuing Education Unit: A continuing education unit (CEU) or continuing education credit (CEC) is a measure used in continuing education programs to assist the professional to maintain their lic...
CF
Clinical Fellowship: The speech-language pathology CF is the transition between being a student enrolled in a communication sciences and disorders (CSD) program and being an independent provider of...
CFY
Clinical Fellowship Year: Participating in a post-graduate clinical fellowship is a fundamental part of becoming a speech-language pathologist, serving as a basic qualification for professional cer...
CHIP
Children’s Health Insurance Program: The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a federally sponsored program that provides health insurance to uninsured children in all 50 states and the Di...
CK
CoverKids: The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a federally sponsored program that provides health insurance to uninsured children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In Ten...
CMH
Certification Maintenance Hours: Certification maintenance (CM) refers to the upkeep of earned certifications by adhering to the proper recertification requirements at the appropriate intervals. Th...
CMS 1500
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 1500 form: A universal billing form used and accepted by most insurance carriers nationwide to make a claim for benefits.
Co-ins
Co-insurance: Co-insurance is the amount, generally expressed as a fixed percentage, an insured must pay against a claim after the deductible is satisfied. In health insurance, a coinsurance provis...
Co-pay
Co-payment: A co-pay is a fixed out-of-pocket amount paid by an insured for covered services. It is a standard part of many health insurance plans. Insurance providers often charge co-pays for serv...
COTA
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant: A COTA, or Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, does all the duties of an OTA, but has taken an extra step to get certified in their field. Specifical...
CPI
Crisis Prevention Institute: CPI can best be described as nonviolent crisis intervention training designed to teach best practices for managing difficult situations and disruptive behaviors. Therap...
CPT
Current Procedural Terminology: It is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association through the CPT Editorial Panel. CPT codes are the United States’ standard for how medical pr...
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